Roller Coaster Riders Trapped For Two Hours

Mon., Sept. 25, 2000

Passengers on a roller coaster were trapped 30 feet in the air for two hours after a guest’s jacket jammed between a car and its track. None of the 25 passengers aboard the Jaguar! at Knott’s Berry Farm was hurt. They climbed down ladders brought in by park workers and city firefighters, Fire Department Chief Bernie O’Neill said.

Park officials said the ride, which jammed Saturday night, would reopen today.

That accident happened a day after a 4-year-old boy fell out of a slow-moving Disneyland ride in neighboring Anaheim and became stuck under a car. He was in critical condition Sunday with a lacerated liver, damage to his diaphragm and bruises.s

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